On Monday, the County Commission authorized County Manager Gregory Shaffer to buy 160 acres of uplands near Golden comprised of piñon, juniper and grasses. An appraisal valued the land at
As Park County Open Lands hosted its first community picnic Saturday, the fact that it sold out despite the rainy weather was far from the only example of its reach so soon after its founding. …
Park County now has a community-led land trust. Park County Open Lands is a nonprofit that works with willing landowners to place private lands under conservation easements, which are agreements that put certain restrictions on that land. The group is a regional program of the Jackson Hole Land Trust.